Microwave performance of a 0.25 μm gate AlGaN/GaN heterostructure field effect transistor

We fabricated a 0.25 μm gate length AlGaN/GaN heterostructure field effect transistor (HFET) with a maximum extrinsic transconductance of 27 mS/mm (at room temperature) limited by the source series resistance. The device exhibited an excellent pinch-off and a low parasitic output conductance in the...

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Published in:Applied physics letters 1994-08, Vol.65 (9), p.1121-1123
Main Authors: Asif Khan, M., Kuznia, J. N., Olson, D. T., Schaff, W. J., Burm, J. W., Shur, M. S.
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Language:English
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Summary:We fabricated a 0.25 μm gate length AlGaN/GaN heterostructure field effect transistor (HFET) with a maximum extrinsic transconductance of 27 mS/mm (at room temperature) limited by the source series resistance. The device exhibited an excellent pinch-off and a low parasitic output conductance in the saturation regime. We measured the cutoff frequency fT and the maximum oscillation frequency fmax as 11 and 35 GHz, respectively. These values are superior to the highest reported values for field effect transistors based on other wide band-gap semiconductors such as SiC. These results demonstrate an excellent potential of AlGaN/GaN HFETs for microwave and millimeter wave applications.
ISSN:0003-6951
1077-3118
DOI:10.1063/1.112116